The Expected Moment Has Arrived: Binance Founder #CZ Shared Cryptocurrency Predictions for 2026!

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) provided comprehensive assessments during the year-end Q&A session regarding the future of the cryptocurrency market, the development of the BNB Chain, emerging sectors, and perspectives toward entrepreneurs.

CZ stated that the cryptocurrency market is still in a very early stage and suggested that the growth potential could increase by several orders of magnitude in the coming years. CZ mentioned that he currently divides most of his time among four main topics: Giggle Academy, YZi Labs, the BNB ecosystem, and promoting cryptocurrency adoption in countries. Noting that $BNB Chain has gained significant momentum this year, CZ reported that the annual transaction volume has increased by approximately 600%, and the number of daily active users has surpassed 2 million. According to CZ, the priority of the BNB Chain should be to continue generating value for “real developers.” In the long term, he expressed that the BNB ecosystem could reach a larger scale than any single business line within the ecosystem, including centralized exchanges.

CZ also opened a special parenthesis for the stablecoin sector, arguing that “truly better” stablecoins have not yet emerged on a large scale in the market. Defining the current stage as “stablecoin 1.0,” CZ characterized the examples seen now as 1.5 generation. He noted that projects like FDUSD and USD1 are examples of this transition process, stating that the market is still at the beginning of the road and that the potential is quite large.